HERO!! 
Topic summary
A Shopify store owner using the Debut theme wants to prevent internal pages from appearing in their site’s search results while keeping products and articles searchable.
Initial Problem:
- Pages contain internal information not meant for customers
- Standard SEO hiding methods don’t address on-site search functionality
Technical Solution Provided:
User mit_1 suggested adding a hidden input field to search forms:
<input type=hidden name=type value="product,article">
This code should be placed in search-form.liquid and search.liquid templates, right below the opening <form> tag. It limits search results to only products and articles, excluding pages.
Additional Workarounds:
- Create an alternate page template with minimal/no content and redirect functionality
- Add
visually-hiddenclass to page results in search.liquid to hide title and description - Use metafields (seo.hidden) to hide from search engines entirely
- Assign special tags to pages for filtering
Simpler Alternative (Post #14):
Download Shopify’s “Search and Discovery” app, which provides a settings interface to easily select which content types appear in search results—no coding required.
Status: Resolved with multiple working solutions confirmed by the original poster.